Farm & Food

​January ended up being warmer and drier than usual according to Ormstown weatherman Peter Finlayson. The average temperature was -7.3°C, which is almost two degrees warmer than the 10-year average of -9.0°C. The warmest January over the last 50 years was in 1990 at -3.0°C, and the coldest in 1994 at -16.8°C – brrrr, that's cold! Precipitation was about half of what we would normally expect, with 8 mm of rain and 30 cm of snow for a total of about 32mm of precipitation. The snow contractors are loving it, as are the heating bills.